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City Lights

1979
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: City Lights
  • Artist: Jean-Michel Folon (Belgian, Uccle 1934–2005 Monaco)
  • Date: 1979
  • Medium: Watercolor with graphite and cut painted paper on paper
  • Dimensions: 11 1/2 in. × 9 in. (29.2 × 22.9 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 1990
  • Object Number: 1990.95.4
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Estate of the artist
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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